| Geneva Study Bible How long will it be ere {a} ye make an end of words? {b} mark, and afterwards we will speak. (a) Who count yourselves just as Job 12:4. (b) Whom you take to be only beasts, as in Job 12:7. Wesley's Notes 18:2 Ye - Thou, O Job; of whom he speaks here, as also ver.3, in the plural number, as was a common idiotism of the Eastern language, to speak thus of one person, especially where he was one of eminency. Mark - Consider the matter better. Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary 2. ye-the other two friends of Job, whom Bildad charges with having spoken mere "words," that is, empty speeches; opposed to "mark," that is, come to reason, consider the question intelligently; and then let us speak. Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 18:1-4 Bildad had before given Job good advice and encouragement; here he used nothing but rebukes, and declared his ruin. And he concluded that Job shut out the providence of God from the management of human affairs, because he would not admit himself to be wicked. | 
